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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
vii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across thousands of miles of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving thousands of miles from continents. Who were these people? From where did they come? And how were they able to reach islands dispersed over such vast tracts of ocean?...
22) Hawaii
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Insight Guide to Hawaii is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: deciding when to go to Hawaii, choosing what to see, from exploring the sinuous Hana Highway and its myriad waterfalls, to discovering ancient Hawaiian rituals at the Pu'uhonua 'O Honaunau National Historical Park, or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park,...
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 32
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
317 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
24) Blue Bay mystery
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
What will the Aldens discover on a vacation to a beautiful island in the South Seas? The island is supposed to be deserted, but as the Aldens explore, they start to find signs that they suggest they are not alone.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough
The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye.
A New York Times Notable Book
America's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea, and no one writes more...
The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye.
A New York Times Notable Book
America's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea, and no one writes more...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first-ever illustrated account of Captain James Cook's epic eighteenth-century voyages, complete with excerpts from his vivid journals. This is history's greatest adventure story. In 1766, the Royal Society chose prodigal mapmaker and navigator James Cook to lead a South Pacific voyage. His orders were to chart the path of Venus across the sun. That task completed, his ship, the HMS Endeavour, continued to comb the southern hemisphere for the...
29) Donovan's reef
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A straight-laced Bostonian comes searching for her father, a brawling ex-Navy man living on a South Pacific island.
31) South Pacific
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A nurse is among the American forces waiting for World War II to arrive on an isolated Pacific island where she finds love with a mysterious French planter. At the same time, a Navy officer falls under the spell of an island girl and the warm tropical sea breezes.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This exciting historical novel of adventure is the inspiration for the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, starring Russell Crowe.
The War of 1812 continues, and Captain Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. Stephen Maturin has orders of his own in the world of secret intelligence, as
...Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiii, 327 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A celebrated travel writer tells the story of the tiny, fascinating island of Pitcairn, home of precisely 49 people, all descendants of the original founders of the island, the famous mutineers who were the basis for the novels and movie, The Mutiny On the Bounty. The public has been fascinated by Pitcairn since tales of it first started spreading in the early 1900s. But beyond the fictional Mutiny on the Bounty trilogy, there's never been a true...
35) James Cook
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of the eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator who is famous for his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the North American continent.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A journey into the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef, as experienced by explorers, scientists, and artists The Great Barrier Reef is the most spectacular marine environment on earth, a true wonder of the world. Yet the history of our encounters with it has long been elusive. In The Reef, the acclaimed historian and explorer Iain McCalman recounts in full the dramatic story of the reef and the people who have been captivated by it for two centuries....
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"As world-famous aviator Amelia Earhart closed in on her record-setting attempt to fly around the world in July 1937, she disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean - vanishing without a trace. Did she run out of fuel and crash into the sea? Or could she have survived?"--Container.
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